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Jury finds two men guilty of plot to abduct Michigan governor

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A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, in a plot prosecutors described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists. The jury also found Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction, namely a bomb to blow up a bridge and stymie police if the kidnapping could be pulled off at Whitmer’s vacation home.

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2 defendants in Whitmer kidnapping case found guilty in retrial

It took two tries, but the federal government obtained guilty verdicts yesterday for two of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.The Detroit Free Pressreports that a jury deliberated for eight hours over two days before finding Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. guilty of kidnapping conspiracy and conspiracy to possess weapons of mass destruction. They face life in prison.Fox and Croft were standing trial aga…

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Mother Jones

Two men found guilty in plot to kidnap of Michigan governor

“You can’t just strap on an AR-15 and body armor and snatch the governor.” Most people know this without having to hear it from a prosecutor during federal criminal trial. But two Michigan men are apparently learning this lesson the hard way. On Tuesday, a jury found Barry Croft and Adam Fox guilty of conspiring to kidnap the state’s Democratic governor—the latest development in a complex, two-year-long legal saga. According to the FBI, Croft …

3 years ago·United States

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[SATIRE] The Onion

Michigan Jury Convicts 2 Men Of Conspiring To Kidnap Gretchen Whitmer

A federal jury has found two men guilty of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, with the men now facing a maximum sentence of life in prison. What do you think?Read more...

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Political Flare

Two MAGA Extremists Facing Life in Prison After Being Convicted of Plotting to Kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

The attempted takeover of the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, wasn’t the only frightening plot surrounding the 2020 presidential election. The plot by two far-right men to kidnap Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer (Michigan) was another attempt by domestic terrorists to circumvent democracy. Fortunately, both plans failed and the men involved in that plot have been found guilty, The Daily Beast reports.While their plot to kidnap Gov.…

3 years ago·United States

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World Socialist Web Site

Grand Rapids jury finds Fox and Croft guilty of conspiracy to kidnap the governor of Michigan in 2020

Adam Fox and Barry Croft were found guilty on Tuesday in their federal retrial for conspiring to kidnap and kill Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer with the aim of inciting nationwide chaos and violence prior to the 2020 presidential elections.

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Jury convicts two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan governor

CNN, WWMT, WDIV, WXMIBy Lauren del Valle, CNNA federal jury on Tuesday found two men guilty of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.Adam Fox and Barry Croft face a maximum sentence of life in prison for the kidnapping conspiracy conviction. They were also convicted of one count of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.Their first trial ended in a mistrial.Prosecutors allege that Fox was the ringleader of a plot to …

3 years ago·Panama City, United States

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